Today on the ninth year anniversary of Art of the Cut, Adam Gerstel and Laura Jennings discuss Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Laura has had a long career as a VFX editor on films like Sherlock Holmes, John Carter, Skyfall, and Pan. She’s also edited features including Edge of Tomorrow, and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Adam has been a guest on Art of the Cut before with The Lion King and The Mandalorian . He’s been a VFX editor on films like The Aviator and Eat, Pray, Love. He’s also edited ...
Mar 02, 2023•46 min•Season 9Ep. 10
Today on Art of the Cut, we discuss the ACE Eddie nominated documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” with one of its editors, Amy Foote. Joe Bini and Brian A. Kates, ACE weren’t available, but are also nominated for the film. Amy’s credits include the documentaries Father Soldier Son, Hail Satan, A Matter of Taste: Serving up Paul Liebrandt, And Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Story
Feb 23, 2023•38 min•Season 9Ep. 9
Today on Art of the Cut, we discuss the Oscar nominated documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” with one of its editors, Amy Foote. Joe Bini and Brian A. Kates, ACE weren’t available, but are also nominated for ACE Eddies for the film. Amy’s credits include the documentaries, Father Soldier Son, Hail Satan, A Matter of Taste: Serving up Paul Liebrandt, and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Story.
Feb 23, 2023•38 min•Season 9Ep. 9
Today on Art of the Cut, we discuss the Oscar, BAFTA, and ACE Eddie nominated documentary Fire of Love with the editors of the film, Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput. Jocelyne’s credits include the documentaries People of a Feather, Fractured Land, Starlight & other Sounds: the music of Alexina Louie, and Power of the River. Erin’s credits include the documentaries Risk, The Seer and the Unseen, American Promise, and Roll Red Roll.
Feb 21, 2023•42 min•Season 9Ep. 8
Today on Art of the Cut, Sven Budelmann discusses his work on the film “All Quiet on the Western Front.” His editing on the film has been nominated this year for both a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie, and the film has been nominated for nine Oscars including Best Picture. Sven’s other work includes the feature film, The Physician -among many others - and TV series - with work on seven European TV series - including The Defeated and Deutchland 83.
Feb 16, 2023•49 min•Season 9Ep. 7
Today on Art of the Cut, Oscar-nominee Matt Chesse discusses the editing of "A Man Called Otto." Matt was nominated for an ACE Eddie and an Oscar for “Finding Neverland.” His other feature film credits include "Christopher Robin," "World War Z," "Quantum of Solace," and "Monster’s Ball."
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 9Ep. 6
Today on Art of the Cut, Billy Fox, ACE discusses editing “Devotion” - the dramatic film about the first black naval pilot during the Korean War. Billy has been on Art of the Cut in the past to discuss Only the Brave, Dolemite is my Name, and Straight Outta Compton. Other features include Hustle and Flow, Coming 2 America, and Footloose. TV series include FBI and Chicago Fire, Law and Order, Band of Brothers and let’s not forget Pee-Wee’s Playhouse!
Feb 02, 2023•43 min•Season 9Ep. 5
Today on Art of the Cut, Oscar-winning film editor Conrad Buff, ACE on editing Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation,” which stars Will Smith. Conrad has been on Art of the Cut in the past to discuss American Assassin and Huntsman: Winter’s War. The rest of his filmography includes a few small films that you might recognize. He was nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He was nominated for another ACE Eddie for True Lies. AND He was nominated for a BAFTA and WON an Osca...
Jan 26, 2023•25 min•Season 9Ep. 4
Today on Art of the Cut, Oscar-winning film editor Lee Smith, ACE, on editing Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light.” Lee and I have spoken numerous times before including on 1917, Dunkirk and Spectre. Lee was nominated for an Oscar for Master and Commander, nominated for another Oscar for “The Dark Knight,” nominated for an ACE Eddie and a BAFTA for Inception, and won an Oscar for Dunkirk. Other credits include Interstellar, X-Men: First Class, The Prestige, and Batman Begins.
Jan 19, 2023•37 min•Season 9Ep. 3
Today on Art of the Cut, Chad Galster, ACE discusses cutting the series “Yellowstone.” Our discussion also covers spin-offs “1883” and “1923.” Chad cut the 2021 movie “Those Who Wish Me Dead” (also written and directed by “1883” creator Taylor Sheridan.) He’s also edited the features “A Score to Settle” and “Beautiful Boy” and the TV series “Mayor of Kingston,” “The Proposal,” “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.” One of the things we’ll be discussing is his move from reality TV to scripted TV ...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 9Ep. 2
Today on Art of the Cut, Steven Spielberg’s long-time collaborators - Oscar-winner, Michael Kahn, ACE, and Sarah Broshar, discuss editing “The Fablemans.” Sarah Broshar was nominated for an ACE Eddie for Spielberg’s “The Post.” Her credits also include “Ready Player One,” Pet Sematary,” and “West Side Story.” One of Michael Kahn’s early jobs as an editor was cutting “Hogan’s Heroes.” Then he went on to cut at least 70 feature films. Some highlights: Close Encounters of the Third Kind for which h...
Jan 05, 2023•21 min•Season 9Ep. 1
Today on Art of the Cut we speak with two of the four editors of Avatar: The Way of Water. Joining us on the call are Stephen Rivkin, ACE and John Re-FUE-ah, ACE. Rivkin won an ACE Eddie for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He was also nominated for ACE Eddies for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for editing the first Avatar. Rivkin’s other credits include Fantas...
Dec 29, 2022•53 min•Season 8Ep. 28
Today on Art of the Cut, Bob Ducsay, ACE discusses his work on Riann Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” I’ve spoken to Bob before. His credits are lengthy and include The Mummy, Van Helsing, Jack and the Giant Slayer, and Godzilla. He has worked with Riann Johnson since Looper, which was released in 2012, also on Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and on their previous film, Knives Out. They’ve also worked together on the TV series Poker Face on Peacock TV.
Dec 22, 2022•31 min•Season 8Ep. 27
Today on Art of the Cut, Oscar-winning editor Tom Cross, ACE on editing Damien Chazelle’s "Babylon." I’ve been honored to have Tom on Art of the Cut five times before. Previously, we spoke about Joy, Hostiles, La La Land, First Man, and No Time to Die. Tom was nominated for a BAFTA, and ACE Eddie and WON the Oscar for Best Achievement in Film Editing for Whiplash . He was nominated for an ACE Eddie for Joy . He was nominated for a BAFTA and an Oscar and WON an ACE Eddie for La La Land . He was n...
Dec 16, 2022•53 min•Season 8Ep. 26
Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with the two editors of Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animation version of “Pinocchio” - Holly Klein and Ken Schretzmann, ACE. Holly Klein has been in the animation business since leaving college. She was an animator on Blues Clues and other kids TV shows and transitioned into editorial including work as an assistant editor on Coraline and Paranormal. Ken Schretzmann began his career in live action feature film editorial back in the mid-80s and worked as an a...
Dec 08, 2022•43 min•Season 8Ep. 25
Today, on Art of the Cut we’re talking about the film, The Banshees of Inisherin with Oscar-winning film editor, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, ACE. Mikkel, who is from Denmark, joined us previously on Art of the Cut for the Sound of Metal , which won him the Oscar, and a BAFTA, and an ACE Eddie nomination. His other films include Beasts of No Nation, A Royal Affair, and The Outsider.
Dec 01, 2022•42 min•Season 8Ep. 24
Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with writer/director/editor Brett Morgen about his film “Moonage Daydream” about the iconic artist, David Bowie. This is no simple biopic. It’s a rich, philosophical montage connecting Bowie’s life and work with the culture that he is both affected by and speaking into. This interview came from numerous requests from Art of the Cut fans who loved the masterful editing of this film. Brett Morgen is known for directing biographical documentaries like Jane - about ...
Nov 17, 2022•50 min•Season 8Ep. 23
Today on Art of the Cut, one of the most talked about films at the moment, the horror film, Barbarian, currently on HBOMax. With us to discuss this film today is Art of the Cut's first-ever guest host: multi-Emmy-winning editor, Stephanie Filo, ACE. Steph has been a guest on the show before and I saw her post several times about this film on Twitter as a self-proclaimed "fan-girl" of the film, so I thought with her knowledge of editing and her love of the film, she'd be the perfect co-host. Also...
Nov 10, 2022•45 min•Season 8Ep. 22
Today on Art of the Cut, we talk with the editors of Black Adam: John Lee and Mike Sale, ACE. Michael's credits include Red Notice, Central Intelligence, We're The Millers, The Hangover II, and Bridesmaids (for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie). John started his career as an assistant on the original Matrix movie. He was an additional editor on Inception and an associate editor on movies like Tenet, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Dunkirk, Spectre and Interstellar. John was on a previous Art of the ...
Nov 04, 2022•50 min•Season 8Ep. 21
Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with brothers, Sean and Ryan McIlraith. They are editors at Saturday Night Live and have edited many of the digital shorts that have gone viral over the last few years. Sean’s been on the show as an editor since 2013, and has also cut episodes of That's My Time with David Letterman, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and segments of NBC’s New Years Eve show. He’s currently cutting a feature film with some SNL alums. Ryan’s been at SNL since 2018 and has...
Oct 28, 2022•50 min•Season 8Ep. 20
Today on Art of the Cut we are speaking with Oscar-nominated editor Jay Cassidy, ACE, about editing David O. Russell's "Amsterdam." Jay's been on Art of the Cut before for his editing of "A Star is Born" for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie. His first ACE Eddie win was for "An Inconvenient Truth." He received his first Oscar nomination for "Into the Wild." He was also nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for "Fury" and received another Oscar nomination, and an ACE Eddie win for "Silver...
Oct 20, 2022•33 min•Season 8Ep. 19
Today on Art of the Cut, we talk with Monika Willi about her work on director Todd Field's film "Tár," starring Cate Blanchett. Monika is based in Vienna, Austria and has won numerous film editing awards throughout Europe. Her editing work includes the features “The White Ribbon,” “Amour,” “Funny Games and she directed and edited the documentary “Untitled” which won the Austrian film award for Best Documentary. She also edited the TV series "Funeral for a Dog.”
Oct 13, 2022•35 min•Season 8Ep. 18
Today on Art of the Cut, we talk with Affonso Gonçalves, ACE about his work on Olivia Wilde’s, Don’t Worry Darling. Affonso has been nominated for an Emmy and won an ACE Eddie for his work on the TV series True Detective . He was nominated for another ACE Eddie for his work on the documentary, The Velvet Underground . His other work includes the films Carol, The Lost Daughter, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Winter’s Bone.
Oct 06, 2022•31 min•Season 8Ep. 17
Today, we’re talking with Terilyn Shropshire, ACE on editing “The Woman King.” The last time I spoke with Terilyn, she had just edited “The Old Guard.” So, two films in a row with powerful female warriors! Terilyn has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and she won an ACE Eddie for “Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story.” Terilyn’s other credits include another action flick with a strong female action lead, Miss Bala and the films Eve’s Bayou and Love and Basketball. She edited the ex...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 8Ep. 16
Today on Art of the Cut we talk with ACE Eddie-nominated editor, Angela Catanzaro, ACE about editing the latest Predator movie, “Prey.” Angela last spoke with Art of the Cut about her film "The Protege" and before that for "Five Feet Apart." Her other features include "The Foreigner" and TV series including "Man in the High Castle," "Code Black," "Parenthood," "Suits" and "Friday Night Lights" (for which she was nominated for an ACE Eddie.)
Sep 15, 2022•46 min•Season 8Ep. 15
Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with ACE Eddie winning editor, James Wilcox, ACE about the Ron Howard film, “Thirteen Lives.” James won his ACE Eddie for the pilot episode of the Genius series “Einstein.” I last spoke with James when he edited “Hillbilly Elegy” which was also for Ron Howard. He also worked on the Aretha Franklin season of Genius as well as TV including Filthy Rich, Hand of God, Roots, Hawaii Five-O, CSI Miami, Reno 911!, Everybody Hates Chris and My Wife and Kids....
Sep 08, 2022•48 min•Season 8Ep. 14
Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with Jeff Groth, ACE. We’ll be discussing his editing work on The Gray Man, which was released recently on Netflix. Jeff has been on Art of the Cut previously to discuss editing Joker , for which he was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. His other feature credits include Cherry, War Dogs, Project X and Entourage . His TV credits include Entourage - for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie - Community and the pilot for Ballers . The other ed...
Sep 01, 2022•43 min
Today we’re speaking with Elisabet Ronnaldsdotir, ACE about editing Bullet Train with her long-time directorial collaborator, David Leitch, who - at one time was Brad Pitt’s stunt double. Elísabet started her editing career in her native Iceland more than 20 years ago. She’s spoken with me on Art of the Cut about Mile 22 and Atomic Blonde and Chang Chi - Legend of the 10 Rings. She also edited The Deep and John Wick, Deadpool 2 and Kate, among others. With credentials like that, it’s so easy to ...
Aug 25, 2022•37 min•Season 8Ep. 10
Today on Art of the Cut we discuss Jordan Peele’s genre-busting sci-fi/horror/Western/thriller film, “NOPE” with editor Nicholas Monsour. Nicholas also edited Peele’s previous film, “Us.” Additionally, his work includes, the features “Keanu,” “Action Point,” and “Last Looks.” He’s also edited TV series including “The Twilight Zone,” “Whiskey Cavalier,” “Cobra Kai,” “Brockmire,” and, of course, “Key and Peele.”
Aug 18, 2022•55 min•Season 8Ep. 10
Today, on Art of the Cut we’ve got another fan-requested interview! We’re talking to Geoffrey Richman, ACE and Erica Marker, ACE - two of the editors of the AppleTV+ series “Severance.” Geoffrey was nominated this year for two Primetime Emmy’s for editing different episodes of “Severance.” He’s also been nominated for an Emmy for his work on Tiger King. He’s also won three ACE Eddies for - his work on Escape from Dannemora - and two different documentaries: “The Cove” and “Sicko.” He also won th...
Aug 11, 2022•29 min•Season 8Ep. 9
